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21-letter words containing s, t, o

  • a breath of fresh air — a refreshing change from what one is used to
  • a crying need for sth — If you say that there is a crying need for something, you mean that there is a very great need for it.
  • a fine kettle of fish — an awkward situation; mess
  • a good bet/a safe bet — If you say that it is a good bet or a safe bet that something is true or will happen, you are saying that it is extremely likely to be true or to happen.
  • a nasty piece of work — If you say that someone is a nasty piece of work, you mean that they are very unkind or unpleasant.
  • a rap on the knuckles — If someone in authority gives you a rap on the knuckles, they criticize you or blame you for doing something they think is wrong.
  • a recipe for disaster — If you say that something is a recipe for disaster, you mean that it is very likely to have unpleasant consequences.
  • a shot across the bow — If you describe someone's actions as a shot across the bows of another person, you mean that it is a warning to that person to stop or change what they are doing.
  • a sight for sore eyes — a person or thing that one is pleased or relieved to see
  • a string to one's bow — If someone has more than one string to their bow, they have more than one ability or thing they can use if the first one they try is not successful.
  • a tempest in a teapot — If you describe a situation as a tempest in a teapot, you think that a lot of fuss is being made about something that is not important.
  • a world heritage site — a site of international importance
  • absolutely convergent — of or characterized by absolute convergence.
  • absorption hygrometer — a hygrometer that uses a hygroscopic chemical to absorb atmospheric moisture.
  • acceptable use policy — (networking)   (AUP) Rules applied by many transit networks which restrict the use to which the network may be put. A well known example is NSFNet which does not allow commercial use. Enforcement of AUPs varies with the network.
  • accommodation address — an address on letters, etc, to a person or business that does not wish or is not able to receive post at a permanent or actual address
  • accounting procedures — an established way of keeping company accounts
  • acute stress disorder — an anxiety disorder marked by dissociative symptoms and occurring within one month of exposure to a traumatic event, which, if persistent, can become posttraumatic stress disorder.
  • ada core technologies — (company)   (ACT) The company that maintains GNAT. Ada Core Technologies was founded in 1994 by the original authors of the GNAT compiler. ACT provides software for Ada 95 development.
  • adams-stokes syndrome — Pathology. Stokes-Adams syndrome.
  • add fuel to something — If something adds fuel to a conflict or debate, or adds fuel to the fire, it makes the conflict or debate more intense.
  • adela rogers st johnsAdela Rogers, 1894–1988, U.S. journalist and writer.
  • adenosine diphosphate — ADP1
  • adjusted gross income — (in U.S. income-tax returns) the total of an individual's wages, salaries, interest, dividends, etc., minus allowable deductions. Abbreviation: AGI.
  • administrative county — a principal administrative division in Great Britain, usually not coextensive with traditional county boundaries.
  • administrative domain — (networking)   (AD) A collection of hosts and routers, and the interconnecting network(s), managed by a single administrative authority.
  • advanced photo system — a system that enables photographs in different formats to be taken on the same (small) roll of film
  • adversative asyndeton — a staccato effect produced by omitting adversative connectives from between two or more items forming a group, as in “I liked all there was to buy in the store … I didn't get anything.”.
  • adverse drug reaction — An adverse drug reaction is a harmful effect associated with the use of a medication at a normal dosage.
  • aerodynamic stability — Aerodynamic stability is the way that a moving vehicle reacts to changes in air caused by passing vehicles.
  • affine transformation — (mathematics)   A linear transformation followed by a translation. Given a matrix M and a vector v, A(x) = Mx + v is a typical affine transformation.
  • afro-american studies — black studies.
  • after one's own heart — appealing to one's own disposition, taste, or tendencies
  • aids dementia complex — a brain disorder in people with AIDS that causes severe irreparable memory loss and disorientation, affecting the ability to function in social or work settings. Abbreviation: ADC.
  • air-to-ground missile — a missile fired from an aircraft that has a target on the ground
  • airborne command post — any of several converted commercial aircraft equipped with special communications and code gear, intended as flying bunkers for the president, secretary of defense, military commanders, or their designated replacements.
  • algorithm description — (language)   (ALDES) ["The Algorithm Description Language ALDES", R.G.K. Loos, SIGSAM Bull 14(1):15-39 (Jan 1976)].
  • all things considered — You say all things considered to indicate that you are making a judgment after taking all the facts into account.
  • aluminum fluosilicate — a white, water-soluble powder, Al 2 (SiF 6) 3 , used in the manufacture of optical glass and of synthetic sapphires and rubies.
  • aluminum monostearate — a white, water-insoluble powder, Al(OH) 2 C 18 H 35 O 2 , used as a drier in paints and as a thickener in lubricating oils.
  • amnesty international — an international organization founded in Britain in 1961 that works to secure the release of people imprisoned for their beliefs, to ban the use of torture, and to abolish the death penalty
  • analects of confucius — Chinese Lun Yü. a compilation of the discourses, maxims, and aphorisms of Confucius, dating from the 4th century b.c.
  • analytical philosophy — a school of philosophy which flourished in the first half of the 20th century and which sought to resolve philosophical problems by analysing the language in which they are expressed, esp in terms of formal logic as in Russell's theory of descriptions
  • analytical psychology — a school of psychoanalysis founded by Jung as a result of disagreements with Freud
  • anders jonas ångström — Anders Jonas [an-derz joh-nuh s;; Swedish ahn-duh rs-yoo-nahs] /ˈæn dərz ˈdʒoʊ nəs;; Swedish ˈɑn dərsˈyu nɑs/ (Show IPA), 1814–74, Swedish astronomer and physicist.
  • anointing of the sick — a sacrament in which a person who is seriously ill or dying is anointed by a priest with consecrated oil
  • antimony pentasulfide — a deep-yellow, water-insoluble powder, Sb 2 S 5 , used chiefly as a pigment in oil and water colors.
  • apologia pro vita sua — a religious autobiography (1864) of Cardinal John Henry Newman.
  • apothecaries' measure — a system of liquid volume measure used in pharmacy in which 60 minims equal 1 fluid drachm, 8 fluid drachms equal 1 fluid ounce, and 20 fluid ounces equal 1 pint
  • appalachian mountains — a mountain system of E North America, extending from Quebec province in Canada to central Alabama in the US: contains rich deposits of anthracite, bitumen, and iron ore. Highest peak: Mount Mitchell, 2038 m (6684 ft)

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